DOUGLAS, Isle of Man, Sunday January 26, 1986: a woman had suffered a suspected heart attack aboard the Belfast to Liverpool ferry, St Colum I. At 0313 Douglas lifeboat, the 46ft 9in Watson class, R. A. Colby Cubbin No 1, launched with the... - View image in PDF
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SHIPS' figureheads, once-upon-a-time, were a common sight on land for, it was said, a ship in olden times without a figurehead was inconceivable.
In towns and villages by the sea they could be seen atop fishermen's...
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In addition to the services by IRB's which resulted in saving lives and which are recorded in full elsewhere in THE LIFE-BOAT, the following launches on service were made during the months of September to November, 1965, inclusive:...
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ROYAL NATIONAL LIFE-BOAT INSTITUTION, For the Preservation of Life from Shipwreck.
founded in 1824.—Supported by Voluntary Subscriptions.
PATRONESS.
HER MOST GRACIOUS MAJESTY THE Queen...
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AT the Annual General Meeting of the NATIONAL LIFE-BOAT INSTITUTION, held at the London Tavern on Thursday the 15th day of March, 1860, Rear-Admiral the Right Hon. Earl of SHREWSBURY and TALBOT, C.B., V.P., in the Chair, the following Report...
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Whitby lifeboat on the way to Robin Hood's Bay, January 19, 1881.
picture by courtesy of Whitby Literary and Philosophical Society.
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Anthony Oliver, the RNLI's deputy head of fundraising and marketing, reads the winning number on a ticket drawn by Miss Millvina Dean. - View image in PDF
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Mr and Mrs Derek Hull, family of the Kilkeel lifeboat's donor go afloat after the naming ceremony - report on opposite page.. - View image in PDF
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Knaresborough ladies' guild, by kind permission of their chairman, Mrs Mary Thornton and her husband Tony, held a most successful gymkhana on Sunday, May 8, at Gibbet Farm which raised £563 for the lifeboat service. The guild's... - View image in PDF
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